Phrases with «natural philosopher»

The phrase "natural philosopher" refers to a person who studies and explores nature, its laws, and the world in general. They use observations, experiments, and reasoning to understand how things work in the natural world. In modern times, this term is often used interchangeably with "scientist." Full definition

Sentences with «natural philosopher»

  • Advances made by Muslim natural philosophers were significant but still modest. (firstthings.com)
  • Now natural philosophers could speculate on all sorts of things previously ruled out of court. (firstthings.com)
  • The concepts that make up the scientific process have existed throughout history, but with no way to widely distribute them (and in some cases active suppression of them) they had to be rediscovered by each new group of natural philosophers. (religion.blogs.cnn.com)
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